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Misha Zelinsky

Why contempt is Trump’s rocket fuel

The inability of elites to disagree with Trump’s base without detesting them is energising his campaign again.

Would you let your child marry a Donald Trump supporter? To non-Americans, the question of US partisan political nuptials might seem irrelevant.

But when a mate recently declared she’d “disown” her daughter if she brought home a Republican, it got me thinking: isn’t this the problem?

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Misha Zelinsky is a Fulbright Scholar, a former assistant national secretary Australian Workers' Union, and expert associate at the National Security College.

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